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Cordylancistrus
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Cordylancistrus

Cordylancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfish native to South America. It is much the same as Chaetostoma. The few differences are a wider head, longer cheek odontodes, and plates on the snout. Cordylancistrus can be found in rivers and streams high in the Andes, from Venezuela to Colombia.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Cordylancistrus tayrona

speciesCordylancistrus tayrona

Cordylancistrus pijao

speciesCordylancistrus pijao

Cordylancistrus setosus

speciesCordylancistrus setosus

Cordylancistrus nephelion

speciesCordylancistrus nephelion

Cordylancistrus perijae

speciesCordylancistrus perijae

Cordylancistrus daguae

speciesCordylancistrus daguae

Cordylancistrus torbesensis

speciesCordylancistrus torbesensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87625.